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Pressure regulating valves

EP 0173777 B1 · Applicant: AHI OPERATIONS LIMITED

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  • Filed August 29, 1984 and granted November 9, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 2004.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by March 1, 2010.
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FiledAugust 29, 1984
PublishedMarch 12, 1986
GrantedNovember 9, 1988
Term endedAugust 29, 2004
Application numberEP 84305913
Classification (CPC)G05D16/163 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 29, 1984PublishedMarch 12, 1986Patent grantedNov 9, 1988Term endedAug 29, 2004

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